Photography Bringing Back Base Ball 19th century base ball is a hit in the 21st century. We take a look at Philadelphia’s team, the Athletics
Art & Design Building Against Hunger At Liberty Place Back for a seventh year in the Rotunda at Liberty Place, Canstruction brings out the creative best of local architects, engineers, and contractors, all for the fight against hunger
Preservation Generating New Life At The Ambler Boiler House Ambler’s transformation from sleepy little town to thriving suburban destination has itself a handsome new anchor—and it’s right next to the train station. Dominic Mercier brings us a look at the Ambler Boiler House
Development Wanted: An Identity For East Girard Imagining the future of retail stretch through Fishtown, NKCDC seeks an identity to balance old and new and low cost improvements to put ideas immediately to work
Preservation Innovative Preservation Solution Emerging In Darby With dozens of vulnerable historic buildings, local residents and preservationists are developing a building conservation corps with potential, some observers think, for expansion into Philadelphia. Dominic Mercier speaks to the project’s founders
Art & Design In Wash West, A “No Waste Zone” Brewing Sick of his trash-filled alley and inspired by the way European cities handle waste, McGillin’s Olde Ale House owner Chris Mullins hopes to gain support for a project he’s calling “Drury Street Green”
Photography Greetings From…Park(ing) Day 2012…Wish You Were Here Photographer Dominic Mercier set out to hit all 49 Park(ing) Day parks. He didn’t make it everywhere, but he sent us these…
Photography Up Close and Impersonal Philly’s high-rise architecture from the 1950s, 60s and 70s can be tough to like, much less love, but these buildings can have an abstract beauty when photographed from the right distance